Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-01-12
FOUNTAIN Or YOUTH.
a Spring Whose Waters VIII Change an
Ancient Maiden Into Young Girl.
Louisville rost

The quiet town OF Princeton, XIV, Is In q
state 81 great excitement over the discov-
cry Of spring whose water has changed
an ol spinster to blooming girl Of sweet
sixteen.
The northeastern portion OF Caldwell
Couu'y is very Wild and broken and very
thinly inhabited.
About eft en- miles from Princeton, and
four miles from Lebanon church, rises a
orge cliff, covered with pine and cedar,
that can beseen for many miles. At point
In thisclif, known as the DEVILS Leap, the
rocky wall rises one hundred and twenty
i've feet perpendicularly. Forty five feet
from the base there IS n small hole, about
the size Of n leadpencil, in the center OF n
llue limestone rock, out of which n small
s'ream runs, and in it's descent for ages
has worn n trench six inches deep, widen
Ing as IL reaches the bottom, at which
point u has worn through a rock three and
onc-hnlf feet into a eve.
This water is Of a greenish tint md Of a
salty taste, and has the power Of turning
backward Father Time I'm his rapid flight
and removing his footprints Of age from
all who drink II. The discov, nv Of the
wonderful power OF this water occurred In
very romantic manner. Ahou. one mile
from the spring, In another cliff, a young
GIL has lived longer than the memory OF
the oldest native. She has never spoken n
word TO any enc, and Is called 'The Crazy
Siren OF Buzzard Roost," and is held in
suPerstitieus fear hy all the natives. She
Is ns lcautifm as q poets dream or an
artists ideal.
She dressed in the garb OF an Indian
girl--a sure shot with tie bow aud arrow,
With which weapon she Hills the game
that atounds in that locality.
Last Wednesday, while ". c. Fsrrow
emil II. Bruce were prospecting for IRON
ore, they saw this vision Of beauty ms she
fCarlessly lesped from erag to crag in de-
sccnding the cliff. As she, neared the
spring she lest her balance and fell into a
yswning chasm. They hastenol to her
rescue, and picked her up In m unconscious
condition. Mr. Farrow went In search OF
medical all soon learned from q native
that DR.. Hugh McNary, a renowned sur
geon Of Princeton, was at the residence OF
Captain Watkins setting his son's broken
arm. The doctor soon appeared at the
scene of the accident. By means OF re-
storatives the girl became sensible for a
short time. The doctor informed her that
her Injuries were such that she could not
live longer than two hours She made
signs for writing material. She wrote:
I'm my cave In the clin you will find a
large stone marked "A secret inside;'
break 70 open and you will flnd-D
She again bselme unconscious and soon
died.
The doctor, whose curiosity had got the
best OF him, at once went IN search Of the
stone. IL was soon found Il had a hole
drilled into. Il, bat had been eemented
again. When broken open n piece Of deer
akin was found. on which was cut with
some sharp-pointet instrument;
vas born IN Virginia In I77a Am the only
survivor NJ a family o. twelve Mother and
nine ehildrcn died OF consumption IN that
stare In ieo0 Father AM we're forced 90
leave that state. we hid IN these hills.